Semiconductor Equipment and Manufacturing
Resume:
John M Smith
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SUMMARY
Extensive experience in Semiconductor Capital Equipment Industry and UAV Platform design and development. Experienced in Operations, Program - Project Management with Product Development skills. Experience in simultaneously managing multiple projects with competing deadlines. Participated in product/process improvement, enhancements, development, and optimization. Track record includes effectively managing cross-functional employees (e.g., CAD Designers, Process Engineers, Field Service Engineers, Logistics Personnel, etc.). Significant Achievements in refurbishing existing production equipment to extend its life and enhancing capabilities. In-depth knowledge of semiconductor capital equipment, equipment manufacturing, equipment engineering, process improvement and UAV platform design, development, and manufacturing.
SKILLS
Program Management • Operations Mgmt. • Project Mgmt.• Cross-Functional Team Leader • Field Service Engineer Management • Team Building • Troubleshooting / Diagnostics • Technical and Product Support • Manufacturing Operations • Sustaining • Repair • Installation • Decommissioning • 150 - 300mm Semiconductor / FPD Processing Equipment • Product Design / Development • UAV Airframe Design & Optimization • Semiconductors, • Wafer Fab Productions Equipment Technologies • UAV Designs
WORK EXPERIENCE
Production Engineering Area Manager
May 2023 – Present
Toppan Photomask
Manage day-to-day activities of a Maintenance Team for a 7/24/365 Photomask Production Factory, setting days priorities and addressing customer focus for the coming shiftwork.
Develop process and workflow efficiencies for tool recovery and performance improvements.
Devise and develop a proactive approach to maintenance and repair activities employing SPC and other tracking suites.
Charged with improvement of MTBF, MTTR, Uptime and other metrics associated with equipment performance.
Managed Teams that covered 12 hr. shifts and across both days and nights, 7/24.
Develop and implement a Materials and parts inventory tracking system suite.
Mfg. Ops Mgr. / Group Leader
August 2019 – February 2023
Intel Corporation
Facilitate AMAT and LAM Dry Etch Equipment Demos, Installs, Conversions and tool transfers.
Scheduled and orchestrated various activities with internal and external groups to achieve timely starts and milestone deliveries including, hosting and conducting daily supplier status and planning meetings.
Managed up to 30 Dry Etch Manufacturing Technicians on 12hr shifts on CWW for all day-to-day aspects of supporting Intel HVM production operations.
Program Manager
Jan 2018 – June 2019
LAM Research
Managed all LAM day-to-day activities at customer HVM Fab facility, directing technical, administrative and support activities and attended daily customer meetings.
Handled difficult employee situations (e.g., customer complaints about an individual) and resolved all to the satisfaction of both customers and management.
Promoted to Program Manager from Site Manager after 8 months.
Work in Micron Global Account Team
Direct Installation Teams, warranty, contract and process support coverage, escalations, repair, preventive maintenance, engineering changes and upgrade activity maintaining adequate records and support systems.
Maintain constant customer contact coordinating work with multiple cross functional groups and teams within LAM and with customers relevant functions.
Achieve predetermined objectives, using processes, operational policies and schedules while exercising judgment within the latitude of established company policies.
Select methods, techniques, staffing, resource allocations, performance requirements, and budgets, to meet technical and administrative support goals related to installation, repair, preventative maintenance and engineering change upgrades.
Select, evaluate and develop personnel to ensure an efficient operation and achievement of teams’ goals and functions.
Technical Operations/Product Manager - Principal
Jan 2008 – Jan 2018
RP Flight Systems
Created Avenger 1 a long-range persistent surveillance and target identifying fixed wing UAV
Determined goals for product (e.g., length of time in air) that drove design of products
Built prototypes. tested them
Sent test samples out for unbiased analysis
Began production and initiated manufacturing
Audited products to uncover shortfalls and correct them in design and supply chain.
Created Vigilant C1 All Composite Fixed Wing UAV that flew for 8 hrs./425km on a single battery
Created Vigilant E EPO Foam Fixed Wing UAV which flew over 7 hrs./300km on a single battery
Deeply involved in commercial development and manufacturing of the Avenger-1 UAV
Designed, Created, Developed and Manufactured 7 NEW Fixed • Wing UAV platforms
Work with Manufacturing, design and test groups for the development, manufacture
Design, procurement, Supply chain management, shipping and sales of UAV aircraft
Conducted successful Greyhawk UAV flight tests in Zhengzhou, China
Sr. Project Manager
Jun 2014 – May 2015
Applied Materials / Contractor
Handled 10 - 30 projects simultaneously.
Developed and maintained tracking matrix tool that was adopted in the PM group for project and process tracking.
Repeatedly delivered projects on time and within budget
Prepared project plan, coordinated activities, documentation and ensured project deliverables from planning to implementation.
Drove project deliverables and task details through the use reports, tracking charts and checklists.
Aligned activities of internal resources and assigned to the business unit to achieve on-time objectives for the project.
Participated in intra business unit meetings providing weekly presentation to top Pilot Manufacturing stakeholders.
Led teams in “First of kind” build out and Final Test of 2 new Etch products.
Researched causes to project obstacles and assist in implementing solutions for resolution and process improvements.
General Manager - Principal
May 1996 – Jan 2008
Silicon Services Consortium Inc.
Started business from scratch. Grew, developed, directed, and oversaw every aspect of SSC rise.
Sold over 175 systems and refurbished more than 150 C-1 and C-2 systems.
SSC manufactured and sold parts for C-1 and C-2 systems.
EVOS - Re-designed the Novellus C-1, updating internal systems and using the latest state of the art hardware, including robotic wafer handling system, a new gas delivery system with surface mount technology components, and latest technology vacuum components resulting in over 40% reduction in system refurbishment costs while adding over 33% improvement in wafer throughput.
RFP - Reduced Footprint for Novellus C-2 equipment by 30%, resulting in substantial cost savings based on utilizing additional units in any given location and saving fab floor space.
Oversaw development of the Manufacturing Information Tracking System (MITS) designed to document financial accounting, inventory, sales order entry, procurement, auto reordering, job tracking, documentation system, manufacturing procedures, BOM tracking, and quotations.
Sold company assets and closed business in 2008 and joined buyers' organization.
EDUCATION
BA equivalent based upon 2+ decades of varied, successful, and in-depth experience in the Electronics & Semiconductor Capital Equipment sector as a Field Engineering / Product / Program Management role.
Harris County College, Houston TX - Business Management & Real Estate studies
U. S. Navy - Advanced Electronics / Submarine Weapons Systems, New London, CT; Strategic & Tactical Submarine Weapons Systems Specialist - Damneck, VA
CCDA / LAN, LANWAN Professional, Irvine, CA.
PATENT APPLICATION FILINGS
Flat panel display processing tools with storage bays and multi-axis robot arms. US 200********
Gas manifold directly attached to substrate processing chamber. US 200********
Magnetic media processing tool with storage bays and multi-axis robot arms. US 200********
Multi-axis robot arms in substrate vacuum processing tool. US 200********
Multi-substrate size vacuum processing tool. US 200********
Self-contained process modules for magnetic media processing tool. US 200********
Self-contained process modules for vacuum processing tool. US 200********
Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with horizontally clustered vertical stacks. US 200********
Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with horizontally clustered vertical stacks. US 200********
Stacked process chambers for flat panel display processing tool. US 200********
Stacked process chambers for magnetic media processing tools. US 200********
Stacked process chambers for substrate vacuum processing tool. US 200********
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